African Moths Gambia


     

Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859

 

SYNONYMS
Maresia binotata, Poaphila concors, Hilea crambisata, Apphadana evulsalis, Apphadana festina,
Apphadana nigrofusca, Dragana pansalis, Apphadana rubicundula, Apphadana rusticula, Gesonia secundalis, Rivula terrosa,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
elongalis, gemma, inscitia, nigripalpa, obeditalis, silvestralis, stictigramma,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, DRCongo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphageous, Grasses,

Gesonia obeditalis
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 

Upperside (GM)

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Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (GH)
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Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
Underside (SL)
 
Live (GM)
 
Live (ZM)
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